With the recent increase in missing and injured Yorkies!!!
 

maybe it's time to discuss the fact that owning a Yorkie isn't all about dressing them in cute clothes, taking adorable pictures of them, and posting them on YT.

Yorkies, even as adults, don't get beyond the toddler stage. Would you leave your toddler alone in the house to chew on electrical cords, would you leave your toddler alone in your backyard without supervision, would you fall asleep and let your toddler do whatever toddler's do when their not supervised??

I feel that if your life is too busy to watch a dog 24/7 (at least when you're home (obviously you would have other arrangements when you are at work) - then maybe you're not a candidate to own a Yorkie.

I'm sure to get a LOT of flack about this post!!

i think this topic is VERY case by case. Layla is not a toddler nor does she act like one. She has been TAUGHT not to chew or get into trouble, or even wander. and i hope to God your reference to falling asleep is not a very low stab at one of our LOVED members who just lost a yorkie. I avoid these posts like the plague but i thought i'd give you the chance to clarify that you were NOT referencing her.

no, i wasn't referencing anyone!!! just the fact that from my experience, sadie acts like a total toddler - and i have to watch her like a hawk!!

Sorry if i offended you or anyone else...

thank you so much for clarifying... when i read your examples i was just livid... but now i understand.. i'm sorry if i offended you.. i didn't mean to but i didn't want anyone on here attacked. I see what you are saying i have friends who's 4 year old is like a toddler, but like i said i think it is case by case (as i sit here and watch Layla destroy her toy :p)

Then I am probably not qualified to own mine because I dress them in cute clothes and give them free roam of the house even when no one is home. Mine havent chewed a cord up in 2 years and they havent destroyed anything in my house for about A year and a half so I trust them

I wrote this post after Sadie and I were out by the pool and I fell asleep and wasn't watching her - of course, she was up to no good!!! LOL To me, she's just like a toddler!!

Sorry if my post brought up something else in your mind!!

I wasn't going to post but this is going to make the people who DO have a missing or lost a yorkie to an accident feel really bad. As with kids - no one can watch a child 24/7 - we want to think we do :) but it's impossible unless we were tethered to the kid

I feel the same with Yorkies. They're GOING to be sneaky & they can be hard to watch even when we're right with them - our attention gets diverted - the phone rings - all sorts of things go on in LIFE but to say someone shouldn't have a dog unless they were some kind of superman seems a little harsh.

Don't get me wrong - I mean NO OFFENSE !! I really don't .but once I was sitting right in my yard when Cheri was a baby - one second she was there and boom - she was gone - the hole she found was 1/4 the size of her body - I never dreamed she'd fit thru it and I COULD have lost her ...all I kept thinking about is what IF a dog was on the other side - what if they had no fence ?? I broke down my fence getting into my neighbors yard but it happened in a split second and could have been a tragedy - and I was RIGHT THERE when it happened.

Now - I DO agree there are some people I see that I wish only had stuffed toys - but that's a whole nother conversation LOL

I know- Yorkies impossible to watch - totally unwatchable!!!! - its the only bad thing i can think of about them!!!

They are - but if one has little mommies babies like I do - watching them is easy - I have 2 velcro'd to my butt at all times - One for each CHEEK :D

I think a significant portion of the yorkies that go missing are due to theft. I live in a city where small breeds are VERY popular, and often stolen...that's why I would never leave my fur baby out in my back yard unless I'm there to supervise them (much to my future-in-laws dismay). It's difficult to supervise them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week...but I'm sure everyone here tries their absolute best to ensure that their fur babies are as safe as can be (indoors and outdoors). :)

I hope this doesn't offend anyone, because I certainly don't mean to, but I do not feel that comparing owning a yorkie to having a child is a good one.


The reason I say that is because I do not feel that owning a yorkie is as exhausting as being a parent. Say you have a 2 year old yorkie and you bring a new puppy home??? There are no 2 am feedings (maybe potty breaks LOL) and you didn't just go through xx amount of hours to deliver the puppy.(unless you assisted in the whelp)..but with human kids sometimes moms are just tired because maybe Dad's work and mom's home with 2 toddlers and has just had baby 3 and she is exhausted....because she has cleaned the house for the millioneth time and she was up all night with a colicky newborn...I could totally see mom falling asleep and her two toddlers trash the house...does that make her a bad mom? No, that means she is just exhausted and hopefully there is someone she can rely on for help.

For me, parenting Yorkies isn't as exhausting as parenting skinkids...for one, my yorkies listen bettter...and another, my yorkies CAN do some things for themselves but with human toddlers they are pretty much reliant on Mom or Dad.

It is a HUGE gap between a furbaby and a skinbaby...now my furbabies are just like my kids, but they don't demand as much.

I am sorry if I offend anyone with this, as I said, not my intentions, but I don't think it is fair to compare yorkies to toddlers. BIG difference (and my kids didn't chew on electrical cords but they did chew on table legs LOLOL)

And if we stop and really think about it, alot of the extra care we put into our yorkies are by CHOICE. We choose to treat them just like children, because to most of us that is what they are, our children. But some of the things we do (clothes for example) are not necessities to their care, but with skinkids EVERYTHING we do for them is necessity.

Accidents happen all the time. If someone's dog is stolen that isn't the owner's fault...it is the crooks fault....Would you tell them they are to blame?

Would you go to a mom who's child was just snatched from her while she was in the bathtub or using the toilet would you tell her she would still have her child if she had taken him/her to the bathroom with her??? What if the child is one that is an escape artist...mom put him/her down for a nap..mom takes a nap...kid wakes up before mom and wanders out of the house...does that make her a bad mom??? I think it means she is exhausted and needs someone to give her a break.

It is inevitable that a toddler is probably alone for a few minutes everyday, as it is inevitable that a yorkie or any furkid is alone for a few minutes or more everyday.

And, once again, I don't mean to offend, but i would leave my furkids unattended before I left my CHILD unattended.

I think you totally over reacted to my post - i don't even know what you were referencing -sorry!!!

A member here recently just lost their furbaby and it was very devestating for her. They just wanted to be sure that you weren't making reference to that member, that is all. :)

I think this goes for anyone owning a yorkie or any other 4 legged pet..as puppies they all are prone to chewing etc. so all of them have to be watched not just the yorkies until they are taught like the op said not to do so and are trustworthy enough to have full run of the house...Mine is no where near ready and he probably won't be for a long time but i know that and handle him accordingly which i am sure everyone who has a pet does and its a case by case situation

*whistles* I bet Villette has the cutest butt in Texas since she has a yorkie velcroed to each cheek.:p

:D :D :D Sitting down can be VERY Tricky :D

I just wanted to ad that I have 9 of them with the run of the house. One of them is a chewer so she worries me a bit. I work all day and they watch themselves since I cant see caging them for 9 hours a day. My husband is there when I am not but we work opposite shifts so he is sleeping for part of that time. I dont watch them like a hawk and they go out in the yard when they feel like it too. MAybe you wouldnt think I am fit to own one, let alone 9 I think I do alright by them. I do need to get those wires wrapped up though.

LOLOL oh yes, we have to be careful when sitting! :p

Just because someone is not home 24/7 to care for a yorkie, does not mean that they are not good parents to that yorkie and should not own one. Most people work, and it's a good thing that they do so that thay are able to care for their yorkies, or any dog, for that matter, and provide for their needs appropriately. Things that are beyond our control can happen unexpectedly --that's why they are called 'accidents.' It doesn't make us bad, or unsuitable parents.

I think we need to be careful about making such generalizing statements like 'people should not own a yorkie if ...." It's generalizing statements like that that prevent perfectly suitable parents from adopting a yorkie from a rescue organization because they work, or they don't have a fenced yard, etc. Then they are forced to go elsewhere for a yorkie when they could have provided a home for a homeless one. Since when does spending 24/7 with a yorkie (or child) make you a better parent? I work with children for a living, and I can tell you that I treat my dogs better than many of these children get treated--and their parents typically AREN'T of the working variety

That is the very first thing that came to my mind too girl....and it seriously made me want to cry to even think that-that's who she was referring to, because I know that the member that YOU AND I are referring to is going through so much heartache and pain over the loss of her sweet, precious baby :cry8:

I truly do HOPE that this member is NOT who she was talking about :cry:

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This is an insult .....
 

LOL there you go V, you and I are in the same boat! :p

I don't think that owning a yorkie is as difficult as having a toddler.
I once had a toddler and owned a yorkie at the same time so I know.
As with toddlers, sometimes you cannot keep your eye on them 24/7.
Being a yorkie owner, and owning one that is similar to a toddler depends on who owns the yorkie.
As with falling asleep on a toddler, I have done that 2-3 times and it might be wrong but a lot of people have done it.
YORKIE VS. TODDLER is totally a bad comparison!

i agree
even as a puppy brownie was a GREAT puppy never chewed anything or did anything bad hes still good
brownie never acts like a toddler mabee your yorkie should go to petsmart or any trainer by an adult they should be able to be left alone

Like Marci (and many others), I normally ignore these types of posts, but I just had to put in my two cents.

First, not all Yorkies are alike. You will get some that are chewers, some that are not, some that will not come to you when called, some that do...some that are easy to potty train, some that are not....you get the picture.

Second, not everyone should have a Yorkie...or any dog for that matter. Some people want a specific breed (like our Yorkies) because they are so cute and they are the "it" dog it seems right now.....does that mean they are ready for one? NO.....some people start with good intentions and realize that it just isn't working....I hope (and pray) that those people in that situation takes rehoming the dog to heart.

I know we might all think our pets are perfect, as we do our own kids, well, they are not, but they are not all so unbearable to watch all day or to train, etc.

And regarding missing or lost or sick pets....(and children)....tragedy strikes even the best of people. A child from a home where a parent is with them all day, can end up missing or abducted just as easily as a child from a home where they are left alone all day. I mean, you just never know who or what sicko is out watching and waiting. It can happen to anyone and anytime. Accidents happen too....to anyone, anytime.

I have been blessed with Mojo who we never crate trained, who roams a three story house unattended if we are gone, who has never chewed or destroyed a thing in his life (I think he is too picky) and who I can let off leash outside (not often) and he will come when called. He is the most mellow, laidback little guy ever. Lily on the other head (new to our home) is a hyper and fast little girl. She doesn't chew or hide or runs when called. She is a loud barker and a moocher, but a wonderful girl.

Anyway, point being....all cases are different, all situations are different, all Yorkies are different, all people are different...........

Nope - definitely not trying to stir the pot - I think this is why people don't want to post on YT -obviously whatever opinion we have - can be contested!! you really don't need to be insulting!!!

:thumbup: i agree.. not eveyone is going to like everyone's opinion.. but you are intitled to your own and shouldn't be attacked in a disrespectful manner because of it. i applaud you for bringing up a topic many people may have thought of but didn't have the guts to say. Please dont' let this one thread make you think everyone on here is the same.

I did not find Monday’s post to be insulting, heck she was a lot more diplomatic than I was when I composed a response that I did not post. If anything I feel your thread can come across as insulting, perhaps you did not mean it to be, but considering your “I'm sure to get a LOT of flack about this post!!” you knew you would get some reactions. I am assuming you were well intended with your original post........But man.......it's very easy to interpret that post in many ways.....